LOOK FOR THE GOOD

I'm going to admit it:  I wasn't looking forward to starting the school year back up.  As amazing as my freshman year had been, it was also equally as bothersome due to many ridiculous reasons.  Summer came and it felt like a fresh start.  I could relax.  I could be myself without worrying who that was and if people would judge.  I felt good again.

So when it came time to start getting ready to move back, I began to worry.  Was this really what I wanted?  Did I want to spend my year at a place that caused so much drama and negativity in my life just months before?

But before I could even make those kinds of decisions, I was back.  And now, having lived in my new apartment with my old friends, I can safely say that I am happy.  Maybe even ecstatic.  I did not expect the year to start off on such an incredible note.  

Sometimes we leap to conclusions before looking at all of the possibilities.  I realize now that I was basing my future off of my past, and that can be one of the most dangerous ways of going about life.  I'm not saying that using caution and second guessing yourself is wrong.  But sometimes, it's important to really try to see things for what they really are.  And this doesn't just apply to moving back to school.

Maybe last year, had people really taken a look at what was going on around them, friends wouldn't have been lost.  Things wouldn't have been said and people wouldn't have been hurt.  But that is the past.  We can't look at the past and expect the same for the future just because things are related.  Just because we are with the same people or in the same place.  Things change.  We need to accept them for what they are and look for all of the good that can come out of them.  Always try to stay positive and hope for the best.  Negative thoughts will not help in any situation.

Be who you are.  Do what you do.  And live for the present.

XoXo,

rubycherrie